1、Try to become not a man of success,but try rather to become a man of value.-Albert Einstein 努力不是为了努力不是为了功成名就功成名就而是为了成为有价而是为了成为有价值的人值的人Unit1 People of Achievement选择性必修一选择性必修一wormwood 蒿artemisinin青蒿素malaria 疟疾extract 提取物Read for featuresThe titleThe dateThe leadThe illustrations1.Where would you most
2、likely find this passage?In a newspaperNews story2.Passages like this are most often written in _ and _?A.the active voice/offer many opinionsB.the first person/talk about feelingsC.both active and passive voices/mostly contain factscontent:more objective,accurate and convincingRead for featuresPara
3、 4Para 3Para 2&3Para1Para1Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage?A A quote from Tu YouyouB The details of how artmisinin was discovered.C Tu Youyous important contributions other than the discovery of artmisinin.D Tu Youyous personal life.E Tu Youyous road to discovering ar
4、tmisninin.F What Tu Youyou was awarded?G Why artmisinin is an important discovery.ReadingTU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE This years Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou(co-winner),whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin,a crucial new treatment for malaria Art
5、emisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.and has led to improved health for millions of people.Over 200 million people around the worid get malaria each year,and about 600，000 die from it,Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria.and is thought to save 100.000 lives a
6、 year in Africa alone.para.1vocabulary1.physiology n.生理学；生理机能生理学；生理机能2.award vt.把把奖给奖给,授予授予;判给判给,判定判定3.crucial adj.至关重要的；关键性的至关重要的；关键性的4.vital adj.必不可少的；极其重要的必不可少的；极其重要的Para 1 1._授予某人某物授予某人某物 2._ 至关重要的新的抗疟疾药物至关重要的新的抗疟疾药物 3._死于死于 4._关键成分关键成分 5._被认为被认为award sb.sth=award sth to sb.a crucial new treatme
7、nt malaria a vital part ofdie frombe thought to do 1.Chinese author Mo Yan _(award)the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature.2.Parents _(发挥着至关重要的角色发挥着至关重要的角色)preparing their child for school.3.Such considerations might be thought _(apply)only to“regular”companies.4.Many kids die _ hunger.has been awarded
8、play a crucial role into applyfromReading Tu Youyou,a committed and patient scientist,was born in Ningbo,China.On 30 December 1930，and graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955.After she graduated,she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing.In 1967.the Ch
9、inese government formed a team of scientists with the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria,and Tu Youyou was among the first researchers chosen.In the beginning Tu Youyou went to Hainan,where malaria was more common,to study malaria mitted adj.尽心尽力的；坚定尽心尽力的；坚定/信信的的6.academy n.研究院；学会研
10、究院；学会7.objective adj.客观的客观的para.2-1TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEReading 1969，she became the head of the project in Beijing and decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts to find traditional botanical treatments for the disease,Her team examined over 2，000 old medical texts,and evaluated 280,000
11、 plants for their medical properties From their research.they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria.vocabulary8.botanical adj.植物学的植物学的9.evaluate vt.评价；评估评价；评估10.property n.性质；特征；性质；特征；11.distinct adj.清晰清晰/楚楚的；有区别的的；有区别的
12、para.2-2TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEPara 2 1._毕业于 2._以为目标 3._决定做某事 4._在显示出希望。graduate from with the objective of decide to do show in.1.You are heading for completely different world,now that you are about to graduate_ high school.2.The story are written with the _（object）of being interesting and i
13、nformative.3.Since youre a heathy person,you decide _(get)a salad.4.A lot of kids show promise_ different areas.5.From their research,they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight _ malaria.fromto getobjectiveinagainstReading One medical
14、text from the fourth century suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.Tus team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect.They then tried boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria,but this did not work either Their p
15、roject got stuck.However,Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat.She analysed the medical texts again,and by chance,she found one sentence suggesting a different way to treat the wormwood.she concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood apparently destroyed its medical properties.vocabulary12.extract n.
16、提取物提取物13.boil v.（使）沸腾；煮开（使）沸腾；煮开14.obtain vt.获得；贏得获得；贏得15.acknowledge vt.承认承认;感谢感谢16.defeat n.失败；挫败失败；挫败17.analyse vt.分析分析18.apparently adv.显而易见；看来；显然显而易见；看来；显然para.3-1TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEReading Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract,she found a substance that worked.After faili
17、ng more than 190 times,the team finally succeeded in 1971.Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe.Later,the medicine was tested on malaria patients,most of whom recovered.This medicine,which was called artemisinin,soon became a
18、 standard treatment for malaria.vocabulary19.substance n.物质；物品；事实根据物质；物品；事实根据20.insist vi.vt.坚持；坚决要求坚持；坚决要求para.3-2TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEPara 3 1.陷入僵局陷入僵局 2._认输认输 3.偶然偶然 4.提取提取 5.坚持做某事坚持做某事 6.确保确保 1.In the real world,as in school,we insist on _(choose)our own friends.2.Sometimes its easy to g
19、et _(stick)in a boring life.get stuckby chanceinsist on doing sth.draw outacknowledge defeatmake surechoosingstuckReading According to Tu Youyou,the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort.Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize,she said,The honour is not just mine.There is a team
20、behind me,and all the people of my country.This success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine.It is indeed an honour for Chinas scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.vocabulary21.effort n.努力；尽力；努力的成果努力；尽力；努力的成果22.scientific adj.科学的；关于科学的科学的；关于科学的23.s
21、pread vt.伸展；传播；覆盖伸展；传播；覆盖 para.4TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZEPara 4 1.一听到一听到 2.重大价值重大价值 3.团队努力团队努力 4.科学研究科学研究 1.On/upon _(arrive)home I discovered they had gone.2.On/upon my _(arrive)home I discovered they had gone.scientific researchupon hearing thatthe great valuea team effortarrivingarrivalartemi
22、sinin.Tus team examined _,and evaluated _ _They discovered and tested _ _They tested _They tried _ but_They used a _ _the sweet wormwood extract.They found one medical text suggesting _They tested the medicine _ to see if safe.They tested the medicine on_.The medicine became _ _ for malaria.over 2,0
23、00 old280,000380 distinct using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.a collection of dried boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid obtained from it this didnt work either.lower temperature to draw on themselves malaria patientsa standardmedical textsplants for their medical properties.ancient Chinese medical treatmentswormwood leaves but found no effect treatmentoutPara 2&3
